The beauty of the lady

Chapter 155 New Year (2)
In the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard, Mrs. Lu is preparing the New Year's ceremony for each household, while Nanny Sun is here to help while Mrs. Sun is asleep.

"Meier, did your parents come over one day earlier, or on the same day?"

Zhou Mei kowtowed the very crispy five-spice melon seeds in front of her, and replied, "The distance between the two is not too far. My mother said that I will come here on the same day, and I will go back to watch the new year at night."

"Don't you know Yuzhou Mansion?" After coming to the capital for so long, the Lu family hadn't heard her talk about her grandfather's house.

Zhou Mei didn't hide anything, she pursed her lips and said, "If I don't go back, my grandfather and grandmother don't want to see my parents. When my mother gave birth to my younger brother, my grandmother pushed her and almost killed me. I don't want to see them. "

After Sun Nanny heard this, she frowned immediately. In her heart, Zhou Mei was second only to Madam in importance.

Although the two young ladies and the young master were born by the wife, the eldest lady disappointed her, while Zhou Mei saved the wife's life. The third lady and the third young master only came to visit the lady every day, but the cousin Watching over his wife all day, taking good care of her body.

But even so, she will try her best to protect the three little masters, because they are the flesh and blood of the madam.

She didn't have much affection for the eldest daughter of the ex-wife, but because of Zhou Mei's relationship, she felt a little pitiful.

"What's going on?" Lu asked in surprise.

"Maybe my mother is too kind and they are ashamed of themselves, or my father is too honest. This world is not always like this, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, but now it's okay, they can't hinder our family, I won't let them bully me mother."

"Although that's the case, it can't be like this. It won't be easy for Tang'er to be promoted after the news is heard." Lu said worriedly.

Zhou Mei disapproved, "Don't worry, auntie, we will still pay filial piety to Yinzi. Besides, my father is the third son, and he doesn't need him to take care of the elderly. Compared with following my father, they still like our family's Yinzi. Besides, when they are poor, If you are a bully, you will die, and if you become rich, you will be entangled. I don’t allow this kind of thing. You can’t make money if you give money like this. When we separated, let alone money, we didn’t even give us straw. If you are not a disobedient person, this approach itself cannot be justified."

"Nothing?" Sun Nanny was completely surprised.

Don't blame her, after all, as far as my wife is concerned, although I hate concubines and concubines, they are not biological after all. Even so, I still have to give some for face when we divide the family in the future. Miss Biao's grandparents are Really cruel, his own son is treated like this, but he can really do it, and he is not afraid of being laughed at.

Don't say he is filial, even if he is not filial, there is no reason not to give him a penny.

"That's right. At that time, my father and uncle took half of the taels of silver. Unexpectedly, they were the ones who made trouble. When paying back the money, we actually asked us to pay back a tael. Even if it was loan sharks, they didn't bully people like that. I At that time, my father was working for others in a restaurant in the town, and earned hundreds of eighty copper coins a month. Except for buying medicine for my mother, the remaining copper coins were not left to buy food, but they didn’t care about it. Later we When the family conditions are good, my father will secretly give them 20 taels of silver every year. Even so, when they go back during the Chinese New Year, they still find various reasons to ask for money, and they mock my parents openly and secretly. I have never seen such a cruel person. .”

"20 taels? It's not too much." Mrs. Lu pondered.

Grandma Sun didn't think so, she said, "Young Madam, I don't know, two or three taels of silver per year is enough for an ordinary farmer's family, and if they have food at home, they can also grow some vegetables by themselves. It's nothing more than buying some meat and the like. Yes, I heard what Ms. Biao said. Those days were similar to when I was young, and the price was much lower than in the capital. The meat in our capital cost 20 copper coins, and a catty over there was at most a copper coin, and I was reluctant to eat it. [-] taels, if that kind of people live frugally, they can use it for several years."

"Is that so?" Mrs. Lu nodded. Although she used to be a fifth-rank housekeeper, at least a few hundred taels of silver were spent at home every year. Who would have thought that ordinary people would only spend two or three taels a year? Two is really a lot.

Thinking about it, she looked at Zhou Mei with distress and said, "It's hard for you child."

"I'm fine, I just feel sorry for my parents. If they really come to the door in the future, with the support of the Marquis Mansion and the Duke's Mansion, they won't make things difficult for my parents. At that time, we will let their two elders take care of them. , won’t let people find fault, even if there is a fault, then we can’t just ignore it.”

Grandma Sun could not stop nodding when she heard it, she liked Zhou Mei even more in her heart.

Even the kind of grandparents who almost killed their own parents think so, which shows that Miss Biao is a good child with a kind heart, and now she feels that Madam was wrong at the time. If Miss Biao can marry a good family in the future, for It is also a good help for Mrs.

Aunt Guo was stroking her flat stomach beside her, she didn't say anything, she just had a shallow smile, which was obviously much more pleasing to the eye than the previous days' charming and frivolous, and she was also much quieter.

"It will be Sister Lan's big day in a few months. I have prepared a dowry of 120 liters for her. My mother must have discussed it with Grandma Sun. Here is the list of dowry. Mammy will take a look first. If there is something inappropriate, let's change it, Sister Lan is the daughter-in-law of our Hou family, so the dowry should naturally be generous, so she won't be looked down upon when she goes to her in-law's house."

Grandma Sun took it over, read it carefully, and then said to Lu Fushen with a smile: "Young Mistress must be at ease as a wife, there is nothing wrong with this dowry list, and the slave will look fine after looking at it."

It's really good, the 120 is the real deal, in her opinion, it's at least 2 taels, which is quite a lot.

At that time, the third lady should be sent to the palace. Some of the good things my wife has treasured over the years will not be needed. At that time, I just need to give the third lady money to manage in the palace. To be honest, although the young lady's housekeeping methods are not as strict as the lady's, But it is very comfortable. Everyone in the house has a lot more smiling faces these days.

"Since Grandma Sun thinks she has no objections, I'll ask someone to tidy up after the New Year's Eve. In half a month before the New Year's Eve, the New Year's gifts from various prefectures have also been handed over one after another. This year is really an eventful one. This Let's have a good time in the new year and make the house more lively, maybe because of this joy, parents' health will be much better."

Nanny Sun nodded and said with a smile, "Just follow what Young Madam said."

After a while, a girl said that Madam woke up, and Nanny Sun hurriedly blessed her body and saluted, and then passed.

Aunt Guo looked at Nanny Sun's back, smiled mockingly, and said to Zhou Mei: "Miss Biao is the best."

(End of this chapter)